The new version will bring higher resolution (on iPhone 4), the performance has improved and there is a new feature: navigate to image. The TomTom app can use the geo data of an image to route you to this location. The update is for free. Filed under: For Drivers Tagged: App, iPhone, Navigation…
The Toyota Sweden app “A glass of water” helps you saving fuel in a very playful but demonstrative way. Just imagine you have a full glass of water mounted on your dashboard. Now, start to drive and try to spill no water. This is what the app simulates. After a drive you can enter the [...]…
As consumers increasingly turn to mobile devices to manage their lives from wherever they are, Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) has introduced an upgraded version of its mbracetelematics platform that connects the in-car navigation system in its vehicles with drivers’ iPhones. Developed by Hughes Telematics, Inc. (HTI), the new mbrace Mobile Application version 2.0 allows Mercedes-Benz customers to [...]…
Don’t write and drive – speak your message to Dragon, the iPhone Dictionary App. You can speak your text and us it in email, SMS; Facebook or Twitter. Filed under: For Drivers Tagged: App, iPhone…
With the free e-kWH iPhone App from RWE, you can locate charging stations for your e-car or pedelec. The app lets your start the charging procedure and gives you information how much power you have loaded. You need an RWE account. The power cable is used for identifying your car and choose the correct power [...]…
With Pakoo you have our personal SOS telephone always with you on your iPhone. With this free app car drivers can call the road side assistance in Germany. Your location is automatically transferred to the SOS call center to send you the right side assistance. It is an alternative to the orange SOS telephones besides [...]…
Sorry for being that late, but somehow I did not recognize, that the smart app is out since June, 5th. It is called smart drive EU (9,99 €). There is no press release, no blog – at least I did not find one. It is the first app from an OEM, that enhances the iPhone [...]…
Seams like all departments of all automotive companies want to bring an iPhone app. There is a new one from Mercedes-Benz Service. It is for the German market only. You can make an emergency call in case of an accident, search for a dealer in Germany or for your car (like the smart app bring-me-back). [...]…
Gracenote® announced its MusicID-Stream™ technology is powering the new smart drive app for the iPhone for smart fortwo owners, representing the world’s first deployment of a streaming music identification solution by an automotive manufacturer (smart is a brand of Daimler AG). As part of the smart drive app, Gracenote’s technology allows smart fortwo drivers to [...]…
Visteon’s New iPhone Application Lets Consumers See Real-Time Traffic Images, Paves Way for In-Vehicle Integration – in the US. Visteon Corporation has introduced a mobile application for the iPhone®, iPod Touch® and iPad® mobile digital devices that allows consumers to view traffic camera images captured within the previous minute. The Visteon application, known as TrafficJamCam, [...]…
